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Mendelssohn Octet in E Flat Major, Op. 20

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

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Mendelssohn's Coda

Mendelssohn must have been the happiest 16 year old in history. The first movement takes up just about half of the piece. After such a display of athletic music and ecstatic characters, what should Mendelssohn do to follow up? He would have seen that the traditional way to follow up on music like this would be to create a contrast - which is exactly what he does.

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